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What are Ref locals and Ref returns in C# 7.0?
A reference return value allows a method to return a reference to a variable, rather than a value.
The caller can then choose to treat the returned variable as if it were returned by value or by reference.
The caller can create a new variable that is itself a reference to the returned value, called a ref local.
In the below example even though we modify the color it doesn't have any mpact on the original array colors
Example
class Program{ public static void Main(){ var colors = new[] { "blue", "green", "yellow", "orange", "pink" }; string color = colors[3]; color = "Magenta"; System.Console.WriteLine(String.Join(" ", colors)); Console.ReadLine(); } }
Output
blue green yellow orange pink
To acheive this we can make use of ref locals
Example
public static void Main(){ var colors = new[] { "blue", "green", "yellow", "orange", "pink" }; ref string color = ref colors[3]; color = "Magenta"; System.Console.WriteLine(String.Join(" ", colors)); Console.ReadLine(); }
Output
blue green yellow Magenta pink
Ref returns −
In the below example even though we modify the color it doesn't have any mpact on the original array colors
Example
class Program{ public static void Main(){ var colors = new[] { "blue", "green", "yellow", "orange", "pink" }; string color = GetColor(colors, 3); color = "Magenta"; System.Console.WriteLine(String.Join(" ", colors)); Console.ReadLine(); } public static string GetColor(string[] col, int index){ return col[index]; } }
Output
blue green yellow orange pink
Example
class Program{ public static void Main(){ var colors = new[] { "blue", "green", "yellow", "orange", "pink" }; ref string color = ref GetColor(colors, 3); color = "Magenta"; System.Console.WriteLine(String.Join(" ", colors)); Console.ReadLine(); } public static ref string GetColor(string[] col, int index){ return ref col[index]; } }
Output
blue green yellow Magenta pink
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